SHOT DEAD
BY A CHINAMAN. (Pe r United Pres* Association ) * INVERpAkGILL, Ma y >S. A fatal shooting- case occurred here about midnight, Rector Morrison (20), being shot dead by a Chinaman named Lock Kin (60) who keeps a boardinghouse in Leet Street. J The Chinese were subject to frequent anonyance by larrikins and had to send for police assistance last night. 1 ; When the constable arrived he found Morrison lying dead in a pool oi blood on the, footpath. After the door had been battered and two windows broken" accused went/out with a gun and fired to scare the intruders, not seeing Morrison in the darkness. Accused was before the Court charged with murder and -was remanded.
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Grey River Argus, 29 May 1914, Page 5
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117SHOT DEAD Grey River Argus, 29 May 1914, Page 5
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